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As promised, we’ve got a brief rundown on the President’s Budget request for you this week. The challenge this year I’m finding, is that it’s getting harder and harder to find new and exciting ways to explain the exact same budget debate that we’ve seen for the last four years. If some of this sounds like stuff you’ve heard before, I hope you’ll forgive me… It is.

Just a quick update for you all from last week and a few thoughts on gas prices. As anticipated, the Senate passed the legislation forcing the administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. 53 Republicans and 9 Democrats joined together to pass it. The President has threatened to veto it.

Well, the 114th Congress is off and running. As has been the tradition for the last century, the President came to Congress to deliver his thoughts on the state of the union. As has been the tradition for the last five years, the President delivered his own unique version of that – a lecture.

Just a quick note this week to update everybody on the President’s executive amnesty and how Congress is responding to it. As most of you probably know, the House has now passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security which completely defunds and blocks the President’s executive amnesty.

Well, I’ve got a lot to report so I’ll get right to it. This week, amidst all of the focus on the government funding bill, there was a significant piece of legislation that you deserve to be aware of. Very quickly and very quietly, Congress passed the authorization bill for the nation’s intelligence agencies. As many of you many know from past years, the actual text of t

As promised, we’ve got a brief rundown on the President’s Budget request for you this week. The challenge this year I’m finding, is that it’s getting harder and harder to find new and exciting ways to explain the exact same budget debate that we’ve seen for the last four years. If some of this sounds like stuff you’ve heard before, I hope you’ll forgive me… It is.

Just a quick update for you all from last week and a few thoughts on gas prices. As anticipated, the Senate passed the legislation forcing the administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. 53 Republicans and 9 Democrats joined together to pass it. The President has threatened to veto it.

Well, the 114th Congress is off and running. As has been the tradition for the last century, the President came to Congress to deliver his thoughts on the state of the union. As has been the tradition for the last five years, the President delivered his own unique version of that – a lecture.

Just a quick note this week to update everybody on the President’s executive amnesty and how Congress is responding to it. As most of you probably know, the House has now passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security which completely defunds and blocks the President’s executive amnesty.

Well, I’ve got a lot to report so I’ll get right to it. This week, amidst all of the focus on the government funding bill, there was a significant piece of legislation that you deserve to be aware of. Very quickly and very quietly, Congress passed the authorization bill for the nation’s intelligence agencies. As many of you many know from past years, the actual text of t

Well, it happened. The President announced his executive amnesty plan. As I explained to a reporter Thursday night, it seems like the deeper into his presidency that he gets, the more support the President loses among the American people. And the more support he loses, the more he tries to go it alone. His remaining supporters will tell you this is leadership. I disagree.

Well… we saw some progress this week. As you may have heard, the Democrats in the Senate have agreed to allow a vote on the Keystone XL pipeline. Even the less cynical people in Washington will readily admit that this is just a ploy to help out a vulnerable incumbent Democrat facing a runoff election for Senate next month. Regardless though, it’s a welcome development for a country tired of not

On Thursday night, a military coup was brewing in Burkina Faso. By the time newspapers had been delivered in America Friday morning, it was all over. The president of that country had been overthrown and a general had declared himself in control. Cars burned in front of parliament, broken glass was everywhere, and thousands had taken to the streets.